Shirt sleeve restrainer



May 6, 1947 y w. c. BAKER 2,420,162

SHIRT SLEEVE RESTRAINER Filed July 2, 1945 2 /7 f f2 je 7 Patented May 6, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

It is common practice by shirt-wearers in warm weather to roll up the sleeve ends to or beyond the elbow but, unless the rolling is so tight as to rumple the cuffs, the rolled-up portions tend to unroll.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, easily applied, device to restrain the rolled-up portion in position While at th'e same time preventing undue rumpling of. the culs.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the manner of application of the device of my invention to a sleeve cuff; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a form of my invention having an initial curved bias.

In the drawings l indicates a strip of exible resilient material, capable of repeated flexure without set, of a length approximating the circumferential extent of a sleeve cuff and a width conveniently somewhat less than that of a cuff.

Sleeve cuffs are commonly of two types, one having a button hole near one end and a button near the other, while the other has a button hole near each end.

In order that my device may be used with either type of sleeve I provide strip I0 at each end with one or more tongues Il, Il having widths less than that of a sleeve button hole, at least one of those tongues, at one end, being flanked by a slot l2 into which the holding th'read of a cuff button may be projected.

It will be readily understood that, if the device is to be used with button type sleeves, the widths of the portions flanking a slot will be immaterial.

In use, strip l0 will be laid over a sleeve cuff and the ends of the strip will be interlocked with the cuff, a tongue Il being projected into a button hole and the holding` thread of a button being projected into a slot l2, as the case may be. Thereupon the culi' will be folded back several times to the desired height, the strip I0 flexing back and forth as the operation is performed. When this has been accomplished the strip I0 is embedded in the folds of the sleeve and, because of th'e lateral rigidity of the strip, the cuff will be protected against rumpling.

When the strip l0 has a relatively narrow middle portion and wider tongue and slot bearing ends there may be a tendency to tilt on the arm.

Therefore I provide the narrow middle portion of the strip with an integral T-shaped finger I3 having tongues I4, lll which parallel the middle portion of the strip.

If desired strip Ill may be given an initial curved bias in one direction, as indicated in Fig. 3, so

that, when rolled to nal position this initial bias will tend to clasp the rolled-up portion of the sleeve about the arm.

The strip I0 may be made of any suitable material having flexibility and resilience with sufcient strength to resist tearing, such, for instance, as Celluloid. By providing several tongues and adjacent slots at each end the device will be readily applicable to sleeves of different sizes.

I claim as my invention:

1. A restrainer for rolled shirt sleeves, comprising a strip of resilient flexible material having a length approximating the circumferential dimension of a cuif and provided at each end withmeans alternatively proj ectible through a cuff button hole or engageable beneath a cu button in straddling relation with' the holding thread therefor.

2. A restrainer for rolled shirt sleeves, comprising a strip of resilient flexible material having a length approximating the circumferential dimension of a cuif and provided at one end with a lateral open-ended slot of substantially less width than a button diameter and adapted to receive the holding thread of a cuff button, and provided at the other end with a laterally projecting tongue adapted to be projected into a cuff button-hole.

3. A restrainer for rolled shirt sleeves, comprising a strip of resilient flexible material having a length approximating the circumferential dimension of a shirt cu and provided at each end with a plurality of laterally extending tongues each adapted to be projected into a cuff button-hole.

4. A restrainer for rolled shirt sleeves, comprising a strip of resilient flexible material having a length approximating the circumferential d1- mension of a cuff and provided at each end with a pair of laterally extending tongues separated by a space less than the width of a standard cuff button and adapted to be projected into a cuff button-hole or beneath a cuff button in straddling relation to the holding thread therefor.

WILSON C. BAKER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,302,356 Froney Apr. 29, 1919 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 176,624 Swiss Y July 1, 1935 107,583 British Nov. 22, 1917 115,891 British May 21, 1918 

